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cruel

[ kroo-uhl ]

adjective

crueler, cruelest.
  1. willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.

    Synonyms: , , ,

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  2. enjoying the pain or distress of others:

    the cruel spectators of the gladiatorial contests.

    Antonyms: ,

  3. causing or marked by great pain or distress:

    a cruel remark;

    a cruel affliction.

  4. rigid; stern; strict; unrelentingly severe.


cruel

/ 藞办谤耻藧蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. causing or inflicting pain without pity

    a cruel teacher

  2. causing pain or suffering

    a cruel accident

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠谤耻别濒苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞肠谤耻别濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠谤耻顎侥濒路濒测 adverb
  • 肠谤耻顎侥濒路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 耻苍路肠谤耻顎侥濒 adjective
  • un路肠谤耻顎侥濒路濒测 adverb
  • un路肠谤耻顎侥濒路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cruel1

First recorded in 1175鈥1225; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French, from Latin 肠谤奴诲脓濒颈蝉, equivalent to 肠谤奴诲(耻蝉) ( crude ) + -脓濒颈蝉, adjective suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cruel1

C13: from Old French, from Latin 肠谤奴诲脓濒颈蝉, from 肠谤奴诲耻蝉 raw, bloody
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Synonym Study

Cruel, pitiless, ruthless, brutal, savage imply readiness to cause pain to others. Cruel implies willingness to cause pain, and indifference to suffering: a cruel stepfather. Pitiless adds the idea of refusal to show compassion: pitiless to captives. Ruthless implies cruelty and unscrupulousness, letting nothing stand in one's way: ruthless greed. Brutal implies cruelty that takes the form of physical violence: a brutal master. Savage suggests fierceness and brutality: savage battles.
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Fame is no doubt a rare gift, but also cruel, with every bread crumb counting as an essential clue.

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The row erupted when Lineker called a government asylum policy "immeasurably cruel", and said a video promoting it used language that was "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s".

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In the face of death or afterward, we want to believe in the impossible despite the cruel evidence before us.

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He appealed for an end to the "absurd and cruel war" in Ukraine, although he disappointed Ukrainians by appearing to swallow Russia's propaganda message of having been provoked into its invasion.

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At a time when everything feels like a cruel joke, 鈥#1 Happy Family USA鈥 bites back with the satire we need.

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